Improvement in button-gaiters



G. BEN EKE. ButtOH-G-aiter,

No. 219,436. Patented Sept. 9, 1879.

N4 PETERS. PHOTO-UTEOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

GUSTAV BENEKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF HIS RJGHT TOWILLIAM BENEKE, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON-GAITERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,436, datedSeptember 9, 1879; application iiled August 14, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV BENEKE, of the city and county of New York,State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Gaiters; and 1 do hereby declare that the followingis a full,clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the aecompanyingdrawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

I make a button-gaiter for mens wear with a button-fly extending overone quarter and joining the vamp over the instep, with an elastic gorein the other or inside quarter, whereby the instep-buttons are relievedfrom the strain which tears them off and allows the shoe to be usedwithout the necessity of having to button and unbutton theinstep-buttons in putting it on and removing it. This is an importantadvantage, while the instep-gore gives the required ease and fit aroundthe ankle, and

allows of the buttoning of the tly with greater case; but the mainadvantage is to avoid the necessity of having to button and unbutton theentire button-fly in putting on or taking off the shoe, because it istroublesome, takes too long, requires too much exertion, and renders thebuttons liable to be torn off and the button-holes torn out; but withthe inside,

. opposite side of the gaiter.

The shoe is made with a vamp, a, and quarters b I), and the elastic gorec is placed in the inside quarter,- to the front part. 6, of which thebutton-fly f is joined by a front middle seam. The fly covers the frontof the outside to button and unbutton, especially in mens- Wear or stoutwork, and the instep-buttons cannot stand the strain, and, besides, mendo not care to use buttoners; and for these reasons a button-gaiter suchas shown isnot desirable without the gore for relieving the instep-buttons, as I have devised it. With this gore the instepbuttons can remainfastened in putting on and taking off the shoe, as the gore gives andrelieves the instep buttons and buttonholes from undue strain.

By this means I make a very desirable button-gaiter, in which the labor,trouble, and inconvenience of buttoning and unbuttoning the entirebutton-fly are avoided.

The gore extends and joins the side of the vamp, so as to give aroundthe buttoned instep in line with the third button, as shown at g, theinstep-buttons being indicated by z, and shown as buttoned.

While my improvement is stated to be advantageous in a button-gaiter formens wear, it is of course equally so for ladies gaiters, as in eithercase the function of the inside-quarter gore is the same in relie\-'ingthe binding around the ankle, and preventing the tearing 01f of thebuttons and the tearing out of the button-holes.

It often'happens in button-gaiters that the buttons have to be taken offand set forward or back to get a smooth and easy fit over the ankle.This my improvement obviates.

I claim- A button'gaiter having the button'fly extending over the instepand the elastic gore in the inside quarter, all as shown and described,and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto aflixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAV BENE KE.

Witnesses:

A. E. H. JOHNSON, J. W. HAMILTON JOHNSON.

